The new Burnham led government has only been in power for a couple of months but it has already done enough to indicate that it...
I read three things recently that felt worth pulling together, if only to highlight them rather than fully make sense of them. The first was...
V Levels could offer something the post-16 system badly needs: greater flexibility for young people who want vocational learning without having to specialise as early...
Recently, while on safari in Mauritius, I found myself staring at a zebra and thinking about autism, which is perhaps not the most conventional response...
Experience isn't enough to make graduates employable. Why experience must be designed by providers to be in line with the government's skills reforms, rather than...
The UK will need hundreds of thousands of new construction workers in the coming years to meet demand for housing, infrastructure and clean energy projects....
The debate about whether AI belongs in education is rapidly becoming redundant. The more important question is what education does now that AI is already...
Young people not in education, employment or training have often missed out on opportunities to develop essential employment skills. The Nuffield Foundation has launched a...
100,000 placements is a welcome start. Who helps young people get to day one? In thirty-five years working in careers guidance, I have watched a...
Term has started, and colleges are still settling timetables and filling gaps in delivery. It's a good moment to look at who's teaching under subcontracted...
Across the world, universities are still reeling from the global pandemic. But disruption from temporary remote learning may be just the tip of the iceberg.…
To level up local economies, we must focus on the skills provision that has the biggest impact on raising local productivity. From this perspective, higher…
Tom Bewick argues that the Treasury needs to go back to first principles of taxation and deal with the many design flaws in the original…
“Ageing is a fight against invisibility”, Cynthia told me. It was 2019 and we were at an Age UK meeting in East London, where I…
The long-awaited publication of the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper should have marked an important step in transforming opportunities for left behind areas. The promise…
New @the_TUC analysis published today (Saturday) shows the exceptional nature of the UK’s pay squeeze. Average wage in UK would be £76 per week higher…
Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority (GMYCA) has confirmed its new membership for 2022-24 New members comprise youth organisations from across Greater Manchester representing the diversity…
Earlier this week, City of Oxford College hosted a poultry masterclass for the Professional Culinary Arts Level 2 students at the city-centre campus, led by Allan McLaughlin,…
The news that just 1% of venture capital (VC) money is invested into female tech founders is startling. “You suddenly understand how endless talk about…
Coventry’s most talented up-and-coming dancers will take centre stage this month to celebrate the return of live events and go toe-to-toe in a brand-new competition.…
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